Welcome Walls

CROSTHWAITE, Colin

Origin Montrose, Scotland
Accompanying Family Eileen (wife)36 years Ian (son) 9 years
First settled in Boulder, WA
Original Occupation Businessman
Occupation in Australia Bus Driver

GEORGIC

Departure Port Liverpool, England
Arrival Year 1955

Fremantle

13 panel

Read their story

On arrival at Fremantle the Customs Officer asked my father where we were going. He replied Boulder . The customs man said “God help you”. It was not until our arrival in Boulder after an overnight train trip that we truly understood what he meant and the tough times that were to follow.

Share

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share this

Visitor Submitted Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Attach files to this comment
Changes made to the attachments are not permanent until you save this post. Files must be smaller than 10 MB and have one of the following extensions: jpg jpeg gif png bmp.

All content copyright Government of Western Australia, All rights reserved.